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Conduit 51:Layout 1 7/9/13 20:08 Page 1 The Conduit Now Interactive Number 55 September 2017- August 2018 Societies | lectures | conferences | groups | courses museums | archaeology | architecture local and family history Foreword In compiling The Conduit this year we have tried to be totally inclusive, but appreciate that some organisations may have been omitted and note that some societies have not been able to finalise their 2017-2018 programmes at the time of publication. In this case, readers are advised to consult the website of the relevant organisation. Email and website addresses, where known, are included in The Conduit, and users of the online version can click on the relevant hyperlinks. It is also possible to click on one of the Section headings below and go straight to that Section. We hope you find this useful. We aim to send The Conduit to every listed local society in Cambridgeshire, as well as to museums and other relevant organisations. If you belong to an organisation whose details are not included, or which would like to receive copies of The Conduit next year, please email the Editor, who will add your organisation’s details to the next issue. Wherever possible the information has been checked by a responsible individual in the relevant organisation and so should be up to date at the time of printing. Further details of the activities of listed organisations are often available on their websites. This publication is intended as a work of reference both for members of Cambridge Antiquarian Society and by others who use it to inform themselves of events and activities of interest across our richly historical county. I would like to thank the editor of The Conduit, Simon Barlow of the Haddon Library, for his hard work in compiling and producing The Conduit this year Catherine Hills, PhD, FSA President, Cambridge Antiquarian Society Contents Cambridge Antiquarian Society 2 Cambridgeshire Records Society 4 Archaeology Groups 5 Architecture & Civic Societies 12 Archive Groups 16 Family History Societies 19 Local History & Other Societies 21 Museums & Museum Societies 51 Education 67 Miscellaneous 70 ISSN 0144-8439 (Print) ISSN 2054-9407 (Online) 1 Cambridge Antiquarian Society www.camantsoc.org President Alison Dickens Secretary Alex Saunders 21 Crowlands, Cottenham, Cambridge CB24 8TE Email [email protected] Registrar (Membership) Glynis Pilbeam 6 Cross Keys Court, Cottenham, Cambridge CB24 8UW Email [email protected] The Society was founded in 1840 to promote the study of history, architectural history and archaeology, and the conservation of relevant features and objects within the county of Cambridge. Membership benefits include a programme of early evening lectures once each month between October and May, day excursions led by experts, reduced entry to the spring conference and a free copy of the Society’s journal, Proceedings of the Cambridge Antiquarian Society. Members may also request a free print copy of The Conduit. Meetings: Lectures, (18:00 on Mondays), & conferences, (All day on Saturdays), are usually held in the Faculty of Law on the University of Cambridge’s Sidgwick site, unless otherwise stated. There is plenty of free parking. Other events are held where notified. Membership: Individual £20.00; Families and Affiliated Societies £20.00. There is no charge for visitors or guests at lectures. New members are warmly welcomed. Programme 02 Oct. Matthew Champion Great Ryburgh: death and burial in early Christian East Anglia 06 Nov. Martin Carver Sicily in transition: exploring the archaeology of regime change 18 Nov. Autumn Conference Recent archaeological work in Cambridgeshire (Details will be circulated) 04 Dec. Marcus Brittain Worth glancing at? Archaeology of the Manea colony fenland utopia 08 Jan. Brenna Hassett Built on bones: 15,000 years of urban life and death 05 Feb. David Oates Finding features on the flat fen edge: settling Histon and Impington 05 Mar. Jonathan Last The long-term character and development of the (pre-)historic landscape of south-west Cambridgeshire 10 Mar. Spring Conference Architecture & archaeology in Ely: papers in memory of Anne Holton-Krayenbuhl (NB Venue: Ely Maltings) (Details will be circulated) 09 Apr. (17:45) Annual General Meeting (18:00) James Drummond-Murray Itter Crescent Roman villa 2 14 May Tamsin Wimhurst The David Parr house TBA Summer Social Event TBA (Details will be circulated) Local Maps Research: Progress on the Cambridgeshire carto-bibliography has been slow this year; we have lost some volunteers and the University’s PandIS facility has closed. We look forward, however, to putting detailed descriptions of map content and high quality online images of maps on the new CAS website when it is finalized in 2018. Further volunteers to join the team would be very welcome. All that is needed is an interest in maps and general knowledge of the history & geography of the county. If you would like to be involved, please contact the co-ordinators of the project – Tony Kirby, [email protected], & John Pickles, [email protected], for details. Small Grants Scheme: In recent years there has been an increase in voluntary activity within the fields of local archaeology and history, with new or existing groups expanding and their members making significant contributions to our understanding of Cambridgeshire’s heritage. In support of this, CAS Council makes available the sum of £500 per annum to be disbursed in grants to assist projects on local archaeology and local history in Cambridgeshire, carried out on a voluntary basis by groups or individuals who are affiliated to or individual members of CAS. Grants may be made for purchasing materials or towards publication and/or presentation of results. Applicants must supply a detailed description of intended or completed work, some indication of overall cost involved and what part would be financed by the CAS grant; the application will be assessed for its merits by the CAS Council. Although applications from all groups and individuals are welcome, those who have been successful one year will not usually be considered the following year. The deadline for grant applications is 31st December each year and the successful applicant/s will be announced at the society’s AGM in April and duly informed. On completion of the project, a report of how the grant was used, the resulting work and/or the publication (if appropriate) must be forwarded to the Secretary of CAS Applications should be made through the Secretary. Please email [email protected]. for the application form. Publications: All available publications are listed on the Publications page of our website. For copies of these, please email the Honorary Librarian, John Pickles, [email protected]. 3 Cambridgeshire Records Society www.cambsrecordsociety.org.uk President Prof. Peter Spufford Chair Elizabeth Stazicker General Editor Dr. Rosemary Horrox Secretary Dr Sarah Bendall Emmanuel College, Cambridge CB2 3AP The Cambridgeshire Records Society was founded in 1972 by the Cambridge Antiquarian Society. Its purpose is to publish editions of original documents from the Middle Ages to the present relating to Cambridgeshire and the surrounding area in order to make them accessible to Cambridgeshire people interested in their local and family history, and to historians worldwide. The Society also republishes unavailable printed works and historical maps. The work of transcription, translation, and editing of texts and the preparation of volumes is done voluntarily by editors with expertise in the subject. The membership’s annual subscriptions finance the costs of preparing and publishing the volumes. In some cases individual volumes have received grants towards costs. The Society aims to publish a volume a year. Members receive a free copy of every work published during their period of membership. Membership: The Society is open to all interested individuals, libraries, schools and other institutions at an annual subscription of £17.50. In addition to their free volume, members can purchase volumes at a member’s price, usually two-thirds of the retail price. The Society holds an annual meeting with a talk on a topic relating to the current publication or to local records and archives. The Society has 24 publications in stock. See our website or Cambridgeshire Records Society on www.genfair.com. The latest volumes are (2016): Jonas Moore’s Mapp of the Great Levell of the Fenns 1658, accompanying text by Frances Willmoth and Elizabeth Stazicker; ISBN 978 0 904323 25 2, Full price £36, CRS Member price £21.50; and (2017): The Cambridgeshire Committee for Scandalous Ministers 1644– 45, edited by Graham Hart; ISBN 978 0 904323 26 9, Full price £22.50, CRS Member price £15. The Society also publishes three Cambridge map editions, (covering the city of Cambridge from the 16th to the early 20th century): Baker’s Map of Cambridge, 1830 (out of print) A Portfolio of 12 maps illustrating the changing plan of Cambridge, 1574-1900 Reprint of the Ordnance Survey 1:500 Town Plans of Cambridge, 1886-1902 Volumes in preparation include: Early Officers’ Accounts of Trinity College Cambridge, 1547-1552, edited by Adam Green Huntingdonshire Hearth Tax, transcribed by Ken Sneath Sales enquiries: Email [email protected] 4 Archaeology Groups Archaeology RheeSearch www.rheesearch.org.uk Contact Dr. Brian Bridgland 22 Church Lane, Pampisford, Cambs CB22 3ET Tel: 01223 832954 Email [email protected] General Enquiries [email protected] We are a small group which has been undertaking geophysical surveys in Cambridgeshire, mostly in the south of the county. This year is our 20th. We use resistivity and magnetometry equipment for our surveys. We have been awarded two grants from the Heritage Lottery Fund to support our work and aim to be out surveying on most Sundays. We welcome new members to come along and join us. We also invite inquiries regarding possible new sites to investigate.